BRS Labs Overview
BRS Labs
is one of the most controversial companies in all of video surveillance. Though claiming to revolutionize video analytics with their behavioral recognition technology, the company has struggled to meet the company's own grandiose expectations. In 2014, the company shift / expanded their focus from the government / critical infrastructure market to the home / SMB / commercial space.
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Directory Of 150 Video Analytics Suppliers on Dec 17, 2019...Detector Analytics Tested Geutebrück, Germany Geutebrück Company Profile GiantGray, US Now "Omni AI": BRS Labs Is Gone; Giant Gray Is Here; Giant Gray is Gone; Omni Ai is Here Gorilla Technology,...
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BRS Labs Is .... Back?? on Apr 03, 20195th time is a charm? Related: BRS Labs Is Gone; Giant Gray Is Here; Giant Gray is Gone; Omni Ai is Here
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Ex BRS Labs President John Franzini Hides BRS Labs From LinkedIn on Apr 15, 2018If you had worked for BRS Labs, would you hide it too? Related: BRS Labs Layoffs and Skepticism Mount, BRS Sues Founder,...
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What's new with VMS software? In this report, we examine new features and releases for Spring...
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Continuing with their less-than-ethical habits they have recently hired and then fired a few...
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Lazy Venturebeat Reporting Touts BRS Labs For AI on Nov 10, 2017BRS Labs is long dead but not to the journalists at VentureBeat. VentureBeat is touting AI (AI...
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Knightscope's Best Pivot Strategies - Please Add Your Suggestion on Jul 24, 2017...and become profitable using a different strategy to try and achieve a return on investments? Think of BRS Labs and their many pivots to become what they are today. Note that BRS is using their core...
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BRS Sues Founder, Allegedly Stole $15 Million on Feb 13, 2017The disaster of BRS Labs continues to unfold. BRS Labs, after $100+ million in investment and now known as Giant...
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The Dumbest Investment Campaign - Knightscope on Oct 12, 2016... Who can forget how BRS Labs burned ~$100 million of mom and pop investments in their pursuit of whatever they thought...
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You Can Invest In The Silicon Valley Robot Mini-IPO on Aug 16, 2016... BRS Labs is the most spectacular example, raising relatively small sums from hundreds of individual...
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New Products Directory - ISC West 2016 on Apr 01, 2016...Loses Largest Rep Firm Avigilon ~$18 Million Stock Buy Back Again Avigilon Poison Pill Preps For Sale BRS Labs Is Gone; Giant Gray Is Here Canon Launches Joint Canon / Milestone Financing Hikvision...
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BRS Labs is no more. After raising over $100M and years of outrageous claims, the company is...
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Months After Raising $18 Million, BRS Labs Has a New, New CEO on Oct 01, 2015... BRS Labs lists [link no longer available] Michael O'Donell [link no longer available] as their CEO...
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BRS Labs Raises $18 Million on May 14, 2015... After a few years of relative quiet, BRS Labs is back fund raising in a big way, with ~$18 million coming in. We break down the raise...
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How to Blow $200,000 On A Booth (IDIS) on Mar 26, 2015...with the empty booth?" Btw, leading the charge for IDIS America is former presidential candidate and BRS Labs refugee Keith Drummond.
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BRS Labs Gets New CEO on Feb 03, 2015BRS Labs, who claims to be preparing for a public offering in the next few months, has hired a new...
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Avigilon Acquires 96 MORE Patents on Jan 21, 2015...375 million buying 96 awarded patents and 25 applications from 4 companies: BRS Labs - the infamous analytics company who has spent $100 million trying to revolutionize...
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Insider Surveillance, Cloaked PR Firm, Rates BRS Labs 5 Stars on Nov 23, 2014Multiple BRS Labs investors recently brought to our attention that a 'Journal of Electronic Surveillance...
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iCetana Video Analytics on Nov 10, 2014In the US, BRS Labs has been the poster boy for outsized marketing. However, BRS Labs' core claim of...
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The BRS Labs IPO on Aug 06, 2014BRS Labs is IPOing. Maybe. Probably Not. The TV Interview This started with a Fox Business News...
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BRS Labs @ FIFA 2014 on Jun 12, 2014Big news for BRS! BRS announced a $5.2M USD software order with Brazil
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Worst and Best - ISC West 2014 on Apr 07, 2014... BRS Pivots Again Now, BRS is going to the cloud, trying to get some revenue, and one trade mag...
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52 New Products Directory ISC West 2014 on Mar 30, 2014...available] Brickcom Wireless Video Surveillance Optimized Router Brickcom Focus Easy With Sound Feedback BRS Labs Cloud / RMR Version DSC PowerSeries Neo Intrusion New Sensor Series Eagle Eye Cloud...
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BRS RMR Reseller + BRS CEO Speaks To IPVM on Mar 20, 2014Here's a new campaign from BRS Labs. Are you going to join? http://www.brslabs.com/resellers
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Video Analytics Market Guide and Favorities 2014 on Mar 03, 2014... Iomniscient Iomniscient is the only analytics company left making bold claims (save for BRS Labs who is, well, in their own wild world). It seems to be paying off, at least somewhat, as 3...
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Worst VMS Manufacturers 2014 on Feb 24, 2014..." "Bosch BRS. Setup and configuration options very confusing and really made no sense." "Speco,...
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A Postmortem of VideoIQ and the Future of Video Analytics on Jan 02, 2014... BRS Labs is, well, BRS Labs. Sightlogix is still way too expensive for 95% of the market. Agent VI...
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...candidate and security industry veteran Keith Drummond has taken the Executive VP Sales position at BRS Labs. While his bid to be POTUS proved unsuccessful, his professional achievements include...
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Winners & Losers Fall 2013 on Nov 04, 2013... BRS Labs announced cloud behavioral recognition, which is bizarre on many levels. Up until this...
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BRS Layoffs and New Strategic Direction on Jul 18, 2013BRS Labs' new press release trumpets bringing their 'technology to new markets [link no longer...
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BRS Lab Partner Gets TV Coverage on Jul 02, 2013... A look at the Crescent Guard website shows that they are a BRS Labs partner. Their tag line: "When it comes to preventing and solving crimes, what if...
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BRS Labs Financials and Future Examined 2013 on Jun 26, 2013BRS Labs is one of the most ambitious companies in the surveillance market. While the company has...
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Responding to BRS Labs Demands on Jun 20, 2013Earlier this month, we read a BRS Labs document detailing the company’s historical performance and future plans. On June 10th, we...
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BRS Big Fund Raising: $27 Million + More To Come on Apr 28, 2013Last year we obtained an email BRS Labs sent to investors asking for one last drive. The company said if investors increased their...
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Why Was BRS Labs NY/NJ Port Authority Program Cancelled? on Apr 26, 2013BRS Labs constantly claims how revolutionary its technology is, but a recent report confirms that...
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BRS Labs Ambulance Chases Mass Stabbing on Apr 08, 2013BRS Labs is wasting no time responding to today's Texas Tragedy. Their PR agency is imploring...
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Manufacturer Misrepresentation on Jan 10, 2013... For most mortal marketers, this would pose a big problem but not for the cunning ones at BRS Labs and SecurityInfoWatch who masterfully spin this speaker and presentation [link no longer...
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BRS Labs Wins 'Most Desperate' Award on Nov 14, 2012The least respected award in all of surveillance - BRS Labs has now bought won it. When struggling manufacturers need a shot of fake authenticity, they...
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DANGER: BRS Labs Goes Pre-Crime on Oct 03, 2012...Big Brother - A selling point, human rights violation or both? Controversial video analytic supplier BRS Labs is pushing forward with its most aggressive marketing ever, embracing the 'Pre-Crime'...
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BRS Labs Financial and Company Update 2012 on Jun 14, 2012BRS Labs remains one of the most controversial companies in the surveillance market. They burst on...
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Sole Source Justification Tutorial on Mar 02, 2012... In this note, we dig into sole source justifications sharing a recent practical example betwee BRS Labs and a US city. What It Is Typically, governments and large scale companies use...
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Ipsotek Analytics Examined on Nov 20, 2011...at Ipsotek's approach and how they compare to others such as mega-hyped cognitive analytic provider BRS Labs. Analytics Overview Ipsotek offers a suite of analytics which may be combined. They...
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BRS Labs AISight 3.0 Examined on Oct 05, 2011BRS Labs' AISight is, without a doubt, one of the most hyped products in the industry led by one of...
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Winners and Losers Spring 2011 on Apr 12, 2011...examine more winners and losers taking a look at the following companies and segments: ACTi ADT Axis BRS Labs Entry Level VMS Providers Genetec Milestone Mobotix DVTel Exacq ObjectVideo OV...
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Investments & Acquisitions Directory 2011 on Dec 26, 2010...(recent activity indicated in parentheses): 3VR (New Funding) AgentVi Aimetis Avaak Avigilon BRS Labs Cernium Cieffe Cisco CognoVision (Acquired by Intel) Covi CSST Digiop Envysion (New...
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Vidient Out of Business - Analytics Market Examined on Nov 04, 2010...This is significantly above average for video analytics companies only topped by investments in 3VR, BRS Labs and Object Video. [See our Video Surveillance investment directory for details.] We are...
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The State of the VMS Market 2010 on Sep 12, 2010... The video analytics market is rather subdued (save for BRS Labs' BS).By contrast, the VMS market is being hit by numerous forces. From: The growth of IP...
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Interview with BRS Labs on Jul 07, 2010A June 2010 interview with BRS Labs's CEO provides some new details on the company. The video is embedded below. A transcript...
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More Money, More Questions on May 14, 2010... Government documents disclose that BRS Labs has raised $4.8 Million from a total of 71 investors (average investment - $67,000). This...
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Behavioral Analytics Risks Demonstrated on May 06, 2010BRS Labs marketing relentlessly pushes 'behavioral analytics.' May 2010 events demonstrate the...
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BRS New Investment Examined on Apr 15, 2010Government filings disclose important details of BRS Labs funding and fundraising practices, including an April 2010 announcement. The most...
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Does Video Analytics Reduce Security Spending by 67% on Apr 05, 2010... This report was sponsored by BRS Labs, the most controversial, hard marketing company in the video analytics space.
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2010 Spring Surveillance Trends on Apr 01, 2010... The only company claiming any type of major advance was BRS Labs. As I wrote in my new product review, significant risks exist with BRS Labs both in terms...
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New Video Surveillance Products Spring 2010 on Mar 23, 2010...3 Video Synopsis BRS Labs 2.1 Coldstore Storage (Veracity) Cybergroup Powerline Camera Firetide Point to Point...
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BRS Labs Patents Examined on Feb 06, 2010While BRS Labs is opposed to disclosing technical information, their patent applications do provide...
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BRS Labs Layoffs and Skepticism Mount on Dec 04, 2009Revelations of problems and concerns with video analytics up-start BRS Labs is mounting. An investigative report by the Houston Chronicle on BRS Labs reveals: In...
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Details Disclosed on Funding, Sales and Pricing on Oct 19, 2009BRS Labs has disclosed a number of details on their sources of funding, sales levels and product...
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Is the Web Replacing Security Magazines and Shows? on Sep 27, 2009... Some of the best examples can be found on the debate about BRS Labs value, the accuracy of market statistics and GE Security's sale. The web allows more people...
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Adds Rules Based Alerting on Sep 20, 2009...0 release, BRS Labs has added rules based alerting. This rectifies a limitation in the 1.0 version where common...
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Riskiest Companies 2009 - BRS Labs and TimeSight on Sep 09, 2009BRS Labs and TimeSight are likely the riskiest video surveillance companies. With extensive...
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More Over the Top Marketing Claims on Sep 07, 2009BRS Labs continues to be more brazen in their over the top marketing claims. With yet another group...
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Video-Inform's Video Analytics Examined on Sep 01, 2009... From a marketing perspective, their product is similar in concept or potential to BRS Labs. However, unlike BRS Labs, Video Inform is presenting significantly greater technical...
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Video Analytics 2009 Mid-Year Market Review on Jul 12, 2009... The biggest two 'new' video analytic products are probably BRS Labs and Cernium's Archerfish. As we looked recently, lots of questions surround BRS Labs...
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June 2009 IP Video Monthly Summary Report on Jul 04, 2009... Other Product Trends - BRS Labs and Cisco BRS Labs announced another $12 M USD in funding and released new demos on their...
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BRS Labs Gets $12 Million More for Video Analytics on Jun 28, 2009BRS Labs, the most discussed recent entrant into the video analytics market, has received another...
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ISC West 2009 Announcement Directory on Apr 01, 2009...0005% [link no longer available] SightLogix: SightTracker: GPS Based PTZ Controller BRS Labs announces support for analytics on PTZ pre-sets Storage Intransa Certifies 150 vendor...
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Top 3 Emerging Technologies in Video Surveillance 2008 on Sep 02, 2008...claimed the same fundamental abilities for the last 3 years so there is little that looks to be emerging (BRS Labs makes significant claims but too early to evaluate) Mesh networking is certainly having an...
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Will BRS Labs Revolutionize Video Analytics? on Aug 09, 2008Recently, BRS Labs announced its company to great fanfare. Indeed, BRS Labs has a very interesting offering...